The Under-Secretary-General (USG) for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and United Nations Focal Point for Electoral Assistance Matters has communicated the consent of the United Nations (UN) to provide technical and other assistance as requested by the National Electoral Commission (NEC) of Sierra Leone for the forthcoming Local Council, Parliamentary and Presidential elections. USG Rosemary DiCarlo said the UN is pleased …

The African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), has recognized Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Her Excellency Fatima Maada Bio, as African Champion of Sanitation and Hygiene, the third prominent person to be honored after Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and former President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The championship honor is in recognition of her tireless efforts in ensuring that women and …

By Jane B. Mansaray. As part of tradition, the Judiciary of Sierra Leone yesterday opened a Book of Condolence in memory of Justice Dr. Rosolu John Bankole Thompson who passed away on the 15th May 2021 in Freetown. The 84-year-old Justice Thompson was one of the sole commissioners in the just concluded Commission of Inquiry (COI) instituted by the Government …

Reliable sources at NRA (National Revenue Authority) have confirmed that one of the leading MNOs (Mobile Network Operators), Orange (SL) Limited is being investigated for tax payment irregularities. A senior official at NRA confirmed that Orange SL is to pay the sum of Le98Billion in arrears to the tax authority for the past five years. In a bid to put …

A Public Notice issued by the telecoms regulator (NATCOM) yesterday, states that one of the leading Mobile Network Operators, Orange (SL) Limited has been fined Le13,440,000,000 (Thirteen billion four hundred and forty million Leones) for the illegal use of Upper 6GHz Microwave transmission frequency. According to the NATCOM Public Notice, Orange (SL) Limited should pay SLL10,752,000,000 as penalty for the …

By Sylvester Samba. A group of Child Rights Activists is calling for the speedy establishment of a forensic lab, strengthening of the capacity of the Family Support Unit (FSU) with more logistics, training of personnel and separate budget allocation, strengthening child safeguarding measures in schools, recruitment of more social workers and deploy them at chiefdom level to be facilitating, prevention …

By Mohamed Fofanah. Falaba and Karene District Councils yesterday signed a 1,050,000 Euros grant each with the European Union as part of the EU’s 25 million Euros support to Civil Society and local authorities for development in Sierra Leone. The grant is expected to support the Councils on facilities such as the rehabilitation of feeder roads and water supply in …

The Ministry of Finance in collaboration with partners on Monday 24th May commenced a two-week long (May 24 – June 2) seminar at the New Brookfields Hotel in Freetown on Medium Term Debt Management Strategy with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund Virtual Mission. This occasion marks the third in the conduct of Medium-Term Debt Strategy (MTDS) in …

By Haja Adama Kamara.                                                                                         The Director of Corporate Affairs of the Sierra Leone Police, AIG Memunatu Conteh-Jalloh on Tuesday 25 May 2021, at a launch of the crime statistics at the officers` mess in Kingtom, Freetown, disclosed to members of the press that the police recorded/received over sixty three thousand cases all over the country in 2020/2021. She furthered that, …

By Mohamed Fofanah.                                                                                  The Electricity and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) yesterday revealed a list of 81 sachet water producing companies eligible to operate in the sector after passing the rigorous standard tests at the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, EWRC and the Sierra Leone Standards Bureau. Before this revelation, there had been around 167 companies that were identified to be …